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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Chelsea beat Man City to hand Liverpool first Premier League title in 30 years

Liverpool are the 2019/20 Premier League champions after Manchester City dropped points against Chelsea.

The Reds made light work of Crystal Palace on Wednesday evening with Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah, Fabinho and Sadio Mane all on the scoresheet in a 4-0 win.

That result meant Jurgen Klopp and his side could sit back and take in events from Stamford Bridge knowing anything other than a City win could crown them champions for the first time in 30 years.

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And that's exactly what happened in west London.

Christian Pulisic opened the scoring with a wonderful effort as he took advantage of a defensive mixup involving Benjamin Mendy to net for the second time in as many games since the restart.

City did improve after the break and equalised with a stunning free-kick from Kevin De Bruyne on his latest return to west London.

At this point, a draw would have been enough for Liverpool.

But Chelsea are chasing Champions League football for next season and that will to win prompted two amazing goalmouth scrambles in quick succession.

A brilliant Kyle Walker clearance denied Pulisic his second of the night, although City's luck eventually ran out.

Fernandinho thought he had cleared the ball off the line, but VAR spotted he had handled it and he was given a straight red card and the hosts were given a penalty.

From the spot, Willian made no mistake as he sent Ederson the wrong way and restored the Blues' lead.

Chelsea kept City at bay for the remainder of the game to move to within a point of third-placed Leicester City and hand the Premier League title to Liverpool.

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